Women Admiring a Child, 1897

  • Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926

Pastel

  • Overall: 26 × 32 inches (66 × 81.3 cm)

Gift of Edward Chandler Walker

08.8

Signed, lower left: Mary Cassatt

Edward Chandler Walker

1908-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Mary Cassatt, Women Admiring a Child, 1897, pastel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edward Chandler Walker, 08.8.